Electric Vehicle Integration in a Smart Microgrid Environment

4 Challenges to Build a EV Friendly Ecosystem

Brazilian Benchmark

Ana Carolina Rodrigues Teixeira

University of São Paulo

Contents

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Context and Brazilian Portrait

4.3 Challenges and Opportunities through the Brazilian Initiatives

4.3.1 Economy and Production

4.3.2 Public Policies

4.3.3 Customer Acceptance

4.3.4 Market, Logistics, Energy Matrix, and Environment

4.3.5 Smart Grid

4.4 Case Study

4.4.1 Public Perception

4.4.2 Numeric Model

4.5 Summary and Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

4.1 Introduction

Discussions about electric vehicle (EV) cannot be based just on automotive technologies. Many countries have been investing in fleet replacement using EV to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and local air pollution. ...